January 9, 2014 / Local & State

Harrisburg – Pennsylvania FFA members were recognized for their dedication to agriculture during the youth organization’s annual convention on Monday, Jan. 6, at the 98th Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg. More...

STAFF WRITER Preliminary unemployment data for November released last week showed the same pattern of unemployment figures as unemployment figures for the month remained unchanged from October’s figures. More...

DeAnne Dickerson of McConnellsburg FFA accepts an award for her performance in the national talent contest at the National FFA Convention last November from Agriculture Secretary George Greig during More...

President Judge Douglas W. Herman of the 39th Judicial District and the Fulton/ Franklin County Court of Common Pleas presided over a court session held on Tuesday, December 31, at the Fulton County Courthouse. More...

Scott Gardner of Grindstone, Fayette County, took home the Grand Champion Market Steer banner with Baxter, his 1,305-pound middleweight steer, on Sunday, Jan. 5, at the 2014 Pennsylvania Farm Show. More...

LATROBE, Pa. (AP) – Police say a man who was removing a deer from a western Pennsylvania road is dead after he was hit by another vehicle. The Westmoreland County coroner’s office says 65- year- old James A. More...

Many areas across Pennsylvania could experience record-setting cold over the next couple of days, and that means residents will be coping with freezing temperatures, biting winds and leftover snow. More...

With possible winter storms forecast in the days and weeks ahead, PennDOT Secretary Barry J. Schoch explained last week that while crews will work around the clock as needed, roads will not be free of ice and snow while precipitation is falling. More...

Percheron drafts pranced their way to the top during the draft horse hitch competition on Sunday, Jan. 5, at the 98th Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg. Exhibitors ranging from youth to adult ages participated in the hitch event. More...

NEWS EDITOR A Bedford County, Pa., veteran has announced his intentions to seek the Republican Party nomination during the May primary election for the 78th District of the state House of Representatives. More...

The Fulton County Unit of the American Cancer Society (ACS) is planning its Relay For Life annual kickoff event for Sunday, January 19, at 1:30 p.m. The kickoff will be held in the second floor Pearl Room of Fulton County Medical Center. More...

While it might be winter, landowners can begin making plans to help wildlife this spring – and beyond – by planting tree and shrub seedlings offered by the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Howard Nursery. More...

Harrisburg – In an effort to educate retail liquor licensees interested in tavern gaming, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, Gaming Control Board, Department of Revenue and State Police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement will hold a serie More...

Second- time winner Dorothy Martin, Conestoga, Lancaster County won the Blue Ribbon Apple Pie Contest on Saturday Jan. 4, at the 98th Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg. Martin created a caramel apple pie with an intricate leaf crust. More...

Jenny Huffman of Malvern, Chester County, snagged first place with her chocolate raspberry upside down brownies, winning $250, in the PA Preferred™ Chocolate Cookie Brownie Bar Contest at the 98th Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg. More...

The Supreme Champion Bred Gilt was awarded to a Berkshire, DCHH3 Spike O Lucy 2-9, exhibited by Dave Holloway, Holloway Genetics of Glen Rock, York Co. during the Bred Gilt Show at the 2014 Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg. More...

Brittani Hook from Lewisburg, Union County’s Crossbred 149-lb. lamb beat out more than 200 other exhibitors for Grand Champion Market Lamb on Sunday, Jan. 5, at the 98th Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg. More...